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Maria Vicente & Erica Rand Silverman – 12 x 12 Featured Agents February 2016

Little GOLDen Book members of 12 x 12 will be able to choose one of two agents to submit their manuscript to each month. Maria Vicente of P.S. Literary will be accepting picture book submissions from 12 x 12 Gold members February 1-15. Erica Rand Silverman of Sterling Lord Literistic, Inc. will be accepting picture book submissions from 12 x […]

12 x 12 January 2016 Check-in!

Well, well, well. We’ve reached the end of the first month of the fifth year of 12 x 12! And what an exciting one it’s been! As of this writing, we have exactly 740 members who’ve joined us in 2016 and are already filling the Forum and the Facebook group with manuscripts for critique, tips, […]

12 x 12 Success Story: Vivian Kirkfield

To continue our series on 12 x 12 Picture Book Writing Challenge Success Stories, today we’re shining the spotlight on Vivian Kirkfield. Just last week, Publisher’s Weekly announced her very first book deal – SWEET DREAMS SARAH – to be published by Creston Books. Vivian is one of the hardest working, kindest, most encouraging and […]

12 x 12 Success Story: Tim McCanna

On registration day, I shared Marcie Colleen’s 12 x 12 success story. Today it’s Tim McCanna’s turn. Tim is another inaugural member of 12 x 12, going into his fifth year of membership. Since joining 12 x 12, he’s published a storybook app and a print book with Little Bahalia Publishing, signed with an agent, and […]

Registration for 12 x 12 in 2016 is OPEN!

Today is the day many of you have been waiting for. EVERYONE who is interested in joining the 12 x 12 Picture Book Writing Challenge is now invited to come on in! To celebrate this first day of general registration in our FIFTH year anniversary, I bring you a Success Story from one of our […]

12 x 12 January Featured Author Ame Dyckman

Ame Dyckman Featured Author Image

I told our FIRST 12 x 12 featured author of 2016, Ame Dyckman, that I wish I had even 1/8 of her energy and humor. You’ll see what I mean after you read this EPIC post! It makes me so happy, I want to read it every day for the rest of my life. What […]

12 x 12 December 2016 Check-in Winner!

It’s time to give away our December prize! This month’s winner will win a 12 x 12 2016 SILVER membership! And the winner is… NANCY RIMAR!! Congrats! Please contact Kelli at kelli (at) JulieHedlund (dot) com with your mailing address to claim your prize. Congrats on completing a year of 12 x 12! Registration for returning […]

Meet our 2016 12 x 12 Scholarship Winners!

12 x 12 2016 Scholarship Winner

Let’s ring in the New Year by congratulating and welcoming our 2016 12 x 12 Picture Book Writing Challenge Scholarship winners! In 2014, the 12 x 12 community generously donated funds to provide four scholarships in two categories — Diversity and Financial Need — for pre-published picture book authors. The generosity continued in 2015–our members donated again […]

Financial Need Scholarship Guidelines

All applications will be accepted via email only between November 1, 2023 – November 30, 2023 at kelli@juliehedlund.com.

Subject line of the email:

  1. 12 x 12 Financial Need Scholarship
 

Please include the following in the body of the email:

  1. An autobiographical statement and career summary in 250 words or fewer.
  2. A short statement describing the nature of the financial need/circumstances in 250 words or fewer.
  3. A sample query letter for the manuscript you are submitting with your application.
  4. Pitches for two additional completed picture books.
 

 Attached to the email:

  1.  The full text of one picture book manuscript, attached as a Word document named as FIN_YourFirstName_YourLastName_Title_of_Manuscript.doc (or docx).